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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Trek and Sacred Ground

Kay... I've been gone for three days. There was this AMAZING priest/laurel trek I got to go to. We went down to some spots in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois that were significant to the pioneer latter-day saints. It was a great experience. We visited Mount Pisgah, Iowa; Adam-ondi-Ahman, Far West, Liberty, and Independence, Missouri; and then there was Nauvoo and Carthage, Illinois. It was such a fun trek. I want to share with you a poem I wrote while visiting Adam-ondi-Ahman. This valley in Missouri is one of the holiest places on earth. As a member of this church, I believe that the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman was the garden where Adam and Eve dwelt before Satan tempted them. And I also believe that it is the site for the second coming of Christ, our savior.

When we went there, we were given the opportunity to spend some time meditating, reading our scriptures, and writing in our journals. I wrote a poem that I wish to share with you now. It is my testimony of this amazing place in rhyme.

The grass was thick, the sky was clearThe crickets whistled in my earEach crawling creature seemed so sureThey knew exactly where they were.They were on sacred ground.

As I approached the valley sweet,The mud would squelch upon my feetand though the sludge was thick and coldThat mud was worth its weight in goldThat mud was sacred ground.All gloom and sadness did departThe spirit poured inside my heartAnd in my core his words I felt:"This was the place where Adam dwelt.Here on this sacred ground."

I thought, as I beheld the landOf him who knew each grain of sand,Of him who cared enough for meTo suffer in GethsemaneI walk his sacred ground.

I looked about this wonderous placethe sun in heaven warmed my faceThen I remembered that same sunWill shine upon the holy oneHere on this sacred ground.

I know not when the day will comeOr just how far I should be fromthis place, but to my God I prayThat I'll return upon that dayBack to this sacred ground.

About Me

I'm a graduate student at BYU in music history. I'm also a married woman who tries to live every day as if it were an art project. I am a morning person, a Mormon, and I never wear the same outfit twice.